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Manthor is a melodic black metal band from Ozimek/Opole, Poland, formed in 2014. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Bullethole is a metalcore act from Athens, active since 2015. The band delivers heavy, breakdown-driven compositions within the Greek capital's growing metalcore contingent.
Mantle Earth is a progressive black metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2015. They push black metal into progressive territory with ambitious compositions and atmospheric depth.
Mantum is a Black Metal band from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, originally formed in 1995 and revived in 2021. The band released their debut full-length, "Leave," in October 2023, a nine-track album drawing on themes of ancient cultures, pagan deities, and occultism.
A pagan black metal act from Metz in Lorraine, Many Moons Ago has been channeling ancient, pre-Christian themes into atmospheric compositions since 2013. The band draws from the deep history of the Moselle region.
Many Suffer is a black and doom metal band from Bradford, England, formed in 2020. They fuse black metal's darkness with doom's crushing weight.
Manzanar is a black metal project from Lower Saxony, formed in 2025. Named after the infamous Japanese internment camp, the project channels historical trauma into dark, atmospheric compositions.
Manzer is a black/thrash metal act from the western French city of Poitiers, formed in 2025. The band delivers the dark velocity of blackened thrash from the city where Charles Martel halted the Moorish advance.
Maphorion is a black metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2018. They channel dark black metal from northern Greece.
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